Roll of Honour 2023

P AGE 230

W ORLD W AR II

S T . E DWARD ’ S S CHOOL , O XFORD R OLL OF H ONOUR

Name RUPERT MAITLAND NEWMAN (Civilian)

Roll Number 2154 Died 27:02:1941

Set / House G

Arrive SES 1925

Lef SES 1926

Where YATE, BRISTOL Serving with BRISTOL HOME GUARD

Age 30

Buried St. Paul’s Churchyard, Fillegh, North Devon Remembered

Parnall Aircraft Ltd Memorial at Yate, Bristol, WW2 Memorial, St. Mary’s Church, Yate, but NOT on The SES WW2 Memorial - THIS NEEDS CORRECTING*

Born Scarborough, North Yorkshire 1910. Employed pre-war at Parnall Aircraft Ltd at Yate, Bristol. When war broke out since he was in a reserved occupation did not join the regular forces but chose to join the Bristol Home Guard instead. He was killed in an air raid on 27th February when a single Heinkel Bomber, piloted by Oblt Hermann Lohmann), managed to do considerable damage to the Parnall Works complex, killing fifty-three employees in the process, Rupert Newman amongst them. The bombs used had time-delayed fuses, therefore did not explode until ten minutes after dropping increasing the number of casualties.